The Sun. — London, England, 1838-05-08 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, The cause of Lord Londonderry's eagerness to obtain a banquet for the citizens of London is now so well under stood, that even the Peers laid aside their gravity aeal burst into loud laughter when he announced " that he had a question to put to the Noble Viscount Connected with the Coronation." 'However, it was net this time an eating and drinking affair that inspired his Lordship, but a wish to give Lord Melbourne an opportunity of stating that Ministers had not mixed up the name of our most gracious Sovereign with the intrigues of the French Court, by inti mating on her part a wish that the appointment of the in dividual appointed to represent the French Government at the Coronation should be annulled, and an illustrious Mar shall substituted in his place. This great matter heaving been cleared up satisfactorily, the affair so minis at heart with his Lordship was not taken up. But, he will make another effort for the citizena, or we are much mistaken. There appears to be a good deal of soreness about the re ductions in the Yeomanry, and, as Lord Melbourne inti mated last night, the friends of Ministers are by no means disposed to allow that any partiality has been shown to them. The observations made by Lord John Russell in the House of Commons were commented on last night with considerable asperity, and some of the Peers even gave to his expressions a meaning which they did not bear, Lord Wharncliffe, for instance, observed, " that it did not be come the Secretary of State to have declared that the yeo manry could not be in the least used for the putting down disturbances." Lord John Russell said nothing like that. In fact, the Duke of Wellington expressed himself on the subject of the yeomanry last night, in terms not materially different from those used by his Lordship. "In certain eases," said his Grace, " what he should be most anxious for was to put down the disturbance at all events, but to put it down with the least possible loss of life. The best thing of all seas to prevent disturbances ; and that, in his opinion, was an effect which could best be produced by the ycomeairy. Wherever there were troops of yeomanry there would be no disturbanee, and that was the best thing they Could have. If disturbance broke out and required to be put au end to, then he should earnestly recommend troops to be called out, and that species of troops that would occasion the least loss of life." The truth is that the Duke himself reduced the yeomanry to 8,000, while the present Government propose to keep up the force at 14,000. Lord John Russell admitted in the discussion on the 2 7 th of April that the yeomanry had shown great ability as 'well as temper when called upon to act in a military capacity in case of riots or disturbances, and that they had been very useful in preventing persons from doing so who felt disposed to create riots. But then he added, " that it was almost unavoidable when dissensions arose between one class of the population and another class, which, which gave rise to riots and disturbances, and when this force was supposed to be connected with one of the parties, that it should not create more animosity than the regular army would do in putting down local riots ;" and be instanced the case of the yeomanry called on at the riots at the late election for Bir mingham, the colonel commanding the force having remon strated with the magistrates for calling the yeomanry troops of the immediate neighbourhood into the town, instead of a corps from a greater distance, and not so immediately con nected with the place. When soldiers are called out to put down riots the people know that the soldiers have no resersiments to gratify, that they merely act in the execu tion of orders, and if lives are lost they submit to the cala mity as inevitable. At all events the soldiers can be re moved to a distance should any bad feeling be engendered by the collision. But will any one suppose that the sons or brothers of a man who has been shot by a yeoman who is known will not entertain vindictive feelings towards him ; and, supposing that the yeoman himself is unconcerned, will his wife, his sisters, or daughters, feel no uneasiness on knowing that he is a marked man'? The knowledge that there are yeomanry who can, be called out, may no doubt prevent riots ; but at the same time it must always be ad visable to recur tom,, this force only when another is not at hand. It is such easier to create feuds in a district than to terminate them ; and we remember hearing the late Lord Londonderry observe, on the occasion of the attempts on thtli Protestants of Nismes, that so difficult was it to put. tin end to feuds, that in the very pattern county of Ire land, the county of Down, all the best men of all parties had long exerted themselves to no purpose in endeavours to get the better of the feuds which distracted it. It was justly observed by the Marquis of Lansdowne that " there were occasions in which persons, being known to each other, might give to a conflict between them the worst characteristics which any combat could have—that, it might impose upon it the worst appearance any species of war could have--.that of a civil war." The Duke of Wel lington was only following up his celebrated declaration as to the miseries of civil war when he drew the distinction last. - night between the use of the yeomanry in preventing riots, and the expediency of having recourse to any force rather than yeomanry for quelling riots. The distinction is of use in fixing the strength of such a description of force which ought to be kept op.—Morning Chronicle. The factory question is now again before Parliament, the Government being no longer able to deny that the existing Act, which they substituted for Lord Ashley's Bill, is a failure. There are provisions, however, in that Act which we hope will not be lost sight of ; we refer to the eight-hour clause for children under 13, and to the clause which assigns to this class of children two hours of daily education. The new Bill which the Government have now brought forward does not contain this clause re specting education, notwithstanding the stress originally laid upon it. On Friday evening, however, Lord John Russell declared his intention of preserving the education clause as it stands in the Act of 1833, abandoning of his own accord the new tests which had been provided in the present Bill to accommodate the mill-owners—viz., tests of reading, and of reading well, connected with the farce of one of her Majesty's principal Secre taries of State publishing, from time to time, "an easy book" for the use of children in factories. Though anxious, for many obvious reasons, and es pecially on account of the principle it involves, to retain the eight-hour clause, we are quite aware that it has hitherto been so extensively evaded, that few children compara tively have found protection under it—in Glasgow and Dundee not one in 30 of those under 18 years of age ; and this, though two-thirds of those employed in the mills of Scotland are femalee. This state of things is owing in no inconsiderable degree to the inspectors themselees putting an interpretation upon the certificate clause, provided by the Act for the older children, which, in the opinion of Sir William Follett, it will not bear, and to which miscon struction the attention of the inspectors has been directed again and again. The experience of the last fine years has shown that the only effectual protection that can be devised for the younger children, must be looked for in the restriction of all ages, from thirteen up to eighteen or twenty-one, to ten hours' daily labour. This restriction is absolutely necessary—not only because there will always be a tendency to push forward the younger chil dren to the longer period, but it is due to those between 13 and 21 on their own account. Dr. Bisset Hawkins, when sent down into the manufacturing districts as a me dical Commissioner, declared in the most unqualified terms his conviction that the labour in the factories should be limited to ten hours a-day ; and he added, that ho felt less hesitation in avowing that such was his opinion, because he was supported by a great majority of all the medical men in Lancashire, The undue mortality of the manufacturing districts is daily becoming more apparent. Attempts have been made to explain it away, and to mystify the question ; but all such attempts have failed. The facts, as drawn from public and authentic documents, are too stubborn to be got rid of. We hear that the comparative tables of mortality which accompanied the Report of Mr. Sadler's Committee have lately been submitted to an actuary of the highest eminence, and that, after weighing the arguments brought forward by Mr, Drinkwater and others, he con siders the tables bear out the conclusion (and that there is no escape from it) that about as many are dying under °O years of age in our principal manufacturing towns as under 40 elsewhere. The question, therefore, of the reasonable duration of factory labour may be postponed for a time, but it will eventually force itself uMa the attention of the Legislature.—Times. A new agricultural `,sCociely is about to be form e d, w hi c h we think bids faLr to b e o f g ereat importance and grea t benefit to country. W e refer to our advertising columns for t,e names of the noblemen and gentlemen concerned 1 .14 this undertaking, who are to meet at the Freemasons' Tavern on Wednesday, to consider of the regulations by which the Society shall be governed. When we say that the list of names comprises those of the Duke of Welling ton and of Earl Fitzwilliam—of Sir Robert Peel and Earl Spencer —of Sir James Graham and Mr. Handley, we need not add that this Society can have no distinctive poli tical character. We believe, however, that it is likely to be very useful to the landed interest, and we, therefore, most heartily wish it success. Earl Spencer is understood to take a very particular interest in it, and whatever fault we may have to find with his Lordship, on account of our difference from him in political views, there can be but one opinion as to his he- - -t aea' What the objects of that Society arc, it would, therefore, be Do difficult mutter tO. infer, from the known principles of its J I suppor• tem Illat the necessity of having recourse tO 4113 - oroc.ps! declaration of tr.terence is rendered unneeess.7 ' o3 , t h e d c , embodied in the advP: fi - sement, that, '° it shall be ono of the fundsOlental laws, that no (petition be dltll3stlti ni, tiny , of the meetings, witic.4, sAisti /tiff lo any matter to he brought fo.-rea:ll, 0% ptutting, in either of the foust-s y Partia merit." The meani ng o f t hi s resoliitiiin is obvious: '' The English Agricultur a l S oe i et y" i s projetted, with the view of gagging the farmers, and of lessening their opposition to the intended re t ic a l o f t h e C orn -l aws—a measure, w hi c h leading men of all parties are now conspiring to promote. IN 11l tie farmers of England never shake off their apathy? Vr'ill they tamely see thoir capital confiscated ? Will they Itamely end their days, as labourers on the highways, or as inmates of the Whig bastiles ?—Morning herald. We feel it our duty again to direct the reader's attention to the advertisements which daily appear in the Morning Adve, tiscr, announcing the destitution of the Polish refu gees. We trust the appe kl to British charity will not be made in vain. The sympathies of the country have been roused (and justly roused) by the sufferings which the black population of the Antilles have endured, and arc en during, at the hands of their white tyrants. But are there no sufferings of our enslaved white brethren in Europe to rouse an equal sympathy ? It was well said by one of the speakers at the late meeting of the " Association of the Friends of Poland," " that the Poles had an equal elaitn;" and he added the painful tact, that "the refugees would gladly share their miserable food and shelter with the negro." " He wished," said Mr. Beale, " that the philanthropists of this country would recollect that there were white slaves in Europe, whose condition was worse than that of their dark brethren beyond the Atlantic. He wished that his fair coun trywomen would spare to the unhappy Poles—the brave, the high-minded, the neglected defenders of their country, and of Europe—some of that sympathy which glowed upon their lovely checks—which swelled in their bosoms and glistened in their eyes, when they heard of the sufferings of the negro. But there were many Poles who would gladly share with the negro that sordid selfishness of the tyrant which induced him to give to the victim of his cruelty at least food and shelter. He deprecated the short-sighted and selfish policy of these who said that the wrongs of other nations had nothing to do with us ; that we should wait until murder, rapine, and tor ture were carried by the oppressor of Poland to our own shores." Nothing can be more true than that the blow which prostrated Poland wounded English freedom through her sides. The Poles were fighting an English battle when they took up arms against Russia. They were the ad vanced posts of the great European contest for Reform. They were fighting the great battle of liberty and national independence in every quarter of the world. Every day proves that we deserted, not our character only, but our own narrowest political interests, when in an evil hour we deserted the cause of humanity, of philanthropy, and of the fraternal sympathy which binds together all the friends of liberty on the blood-imbrued soil of Poland. Everyday shows the impolicy of that desertion, by exhibiting the hostility, covert or overt, of Russia to British interests. Our desertion of Poland did not soothe that hostility, but has rather given it a more envenomed strength to add to its daily augmented catalogue of insults and aggressions. We may see the fatal results of our desertion in the conduct which Russia is now pursuiug in Turkey, in Circassia, and within the frontiers of British'lndia, under the mask of her Persian alliance. Would she have dared to make these advances if Poland —free, united, and independent—had existed in her rear No ! Poland would have constituted a bulwark against her continual aggressions on the natural allies of England, and a rampart against her long cherished designs of Indian conquest. If this be true, as must be admitted, there is one obvious mode of partially redeeming the error, and that is by preserving, as intact as possible, the fugitive relics of polish independence, and enabling England one day to say to hor insidious enemy—" Here is the Polish na tion—where her children exist there she exists. The nation exists not on the soil of Poland, but under the a3gis of England, and it is ready at any time to battle with you again for the great cause of national independence, and of those free institutions of which England is the represen tative. You, Russia, have broken tilt treaty of Vienna, and by so doing you have replaced this country, with regard to Poland, in the free and unfettered condition in which both were before the treaty was signed." No incorporation with Russia! No union with Russia! Such might be England's language under such a contingency; We declare Poland's separate independence. We announce her indefeasible right of freedom, and we now send back her children, whom we have preserved from your destructive persecution, to • reclaim and to remaintain that right in the bosom of their mother country. The Polish refugees are a certain card in store for the future, which England cannot afford to throw away.—Morning Advertiser. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Mi r 7. THE ATTORNEY-OF.NBRAL V. JONES. This cause stood for judgment this morning. The facts were very fully reported on a former occasion. His HONOUR observed the information was filed for the pur pose of having it declared that certain estates of which the defendants were possessed in the manor of Singleborough did in effect belong to charity, and that made it necessary to con sider the effect of an instrument executed in 1624 by Mrs. Swaddon; for the purpose of understanding which it was fur. ther necessary to look into the will of her husband, Dr. Swad don, which was made some years before. The will was ex pressed in very uncouth and informal language; but the ge neral effect appdared to be that Dr. Swaddon and his wife had entered into a sort of engagement to devote their lands, if God sent them no children, to charitable uses. His Honour read the two instruments—the will and the deed; and although it was not easy to make out what was devised or what was con veyed, yet, upon the whole, he thought Mrs. Swaddon had conveyed every thing devised to her with one exception ; and, looking to the whole instrument, it was beyond all doubt that the whole of the lands conveyed by the deed of 1624, and not merely a rent charge of twenty pounds was devoted to charita. ble purposes. After going at considerable length into the question, his Honour said, that as the Attorney-General sought the specified land devoted by Mrs. Swaddon's deed to charity, and not a substitute, he must grant an inquiry as to what por tion of the lands of which the defendants were possessed was comprised in the deed of 1624, for he did not think the re citals concluded the defendants that the whole of the lands of which they were possessed under Bradbury belonged to the charity. The decree, therefore, was, that according to the true construction of the deed of 1624, the whole of the lands were appropriated to charity, and that the Master should in quire what portion of the charity lands had been conveyed to the defendants. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, 1114 r 7. CRIMINAL INFORMATION.-THE QUEEN v. E. GREGORY. Sir W. FOLLETT had been instructed, on the part of Mr. Hogg, to apply for a rule to show cause why a criminal infor. mation should not be granted against Barnard Gregory, the registered proprietor of the Satirist newspaper, for a most false and unfounded libel published in his newspaper against the character of Mr. and Mrs. Hogg—the former the Member for Beverley, and the latter his wife. Mr. Justice PATTESON—I suppose that you have proper affidavits to show the publication ? Sir W. FOLLETT had very ample affidavits on that point. The Court granted the rule. BAIL. COURT, Mar 7. At the sitting of the Court this morning the Marquis of Anglesey took the usual oaths as Lord Lieutenant of the county ; and several gent!emen who have been called to the bar during the present Term were sworn in as Barristers in the usual form. His Lordship was occu pied during the whole morning In disposing of motions, none of which were of any pubic interest. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Mar 7. WILKENS V. KENNEDY. This was an action tried a few days sines at Westminster by Mr. Justice Vaughan, and was brought to recover a sum of 12/. gs. by the plaintiff, who was an appraiser, against the defendant, a collector, ap. pointed by the trustees of the St. Pancras Church rates ; and the sum claimed consisted of charges considerably exceeding the usual amount made by the plaintiff in his capacity of appraiser for executing warrants of distres: for the amount of 401. There was a verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount. Sir F. Pollock applied to the Court to-day for a rule to show cause why that verdict should not be set aside, and a new trial granted. The Court granted a rule to show cause. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOTV.STREET. A Lascar of the name of Peter Beersen, was found by 65 F division, at ten o'clock on Sunday morning in the Strand, throwing himself Into the most fantastic attitudes before the different females who passed, and knocking at several doors apparently for the purpose of asking relief. In answer to the charge, the defendant said that he had lost hie head and then his hat. He had no house nor home, and was a native of Madras, from whence he came in the capacity of a cook to a merchant vessel. While on the passage he threw himself overboard, and swam to the Isle of France, where he joined the patriots. The poor fellow by his extraordinary gestures seemed to be labouring under a deranged state of mind, and he was ordered to find bail. A promising youth, named Thomas Jenkins, was charged un. der the following circumstances :—Mr. Waring, of Caroline-street, stated that at nine o'clock on Saturday night he was passing along Denmark-street, St. Giles, when he saw by the light of the gas the shadow of a man immediately behind him, of which he took no parti. cular notice, but presently he observed the shadow move its arm to the skirt of his coat, which induced him, as he heard no footstep, to put his hand back, and, to his great surprise, he laid hold of the substance, which was no less than the hand of the prisoner, who was about to help himself to his handkerchief. Th. nrisoner said he was a dyer, and was in the employ of Mr. R . •b^nsgate_street. He was on his way at the time, and 'h^ charge which had been preferred against • -')our for six weeks. t.—A small at, and a few , xeeedinp ref ELECTION COMMITTEES. (1(881EIWAY.) (From our Second Edition of last night.) WATERFORD, fie Committee decided that t i ne proper time had not arrived fOi the objection to be taken, Clnueh was then called In t And; In arrow to Mr. Wrangharti, he Siiid he i►as d triAffiali P the thy titWfatnbtd WRANCIIIAM—Did you vote for Mr. Barron at the last election ? Mr. AUSTIN—I must now call upon the Committee to decide the question, whether this inquiry can be: gone into without the production of the poll books and certificates of the registry of the witness. The room was cleared, and after Counsel were again called in, they were informed that the Committee could not proceod without the pro duction of the poll books. Mr. ToESIGER then called the Clerk of the Peace, who produced the poll-books, and deposed that they were in the same state as he had re ceived them from the Sheriff. The affidavit required by the Act of Par liament from the Sheriff had not been made. Mr. THESIGLII then applied for an adjournment, till they could pro. duce the Sheriff: After hearing Counsel upon the point, the Committee room was cleared, Upon Counsel being again called in, the Chairman said that it was the unanimous opinion of the Committee that time ought to be allowed for the production of the Sheriff; and that the Committee would meet to. morrow, in order to consider whether the application should be granted with costs.— Adjourned. POST-OFFICE. TEE SUN, LONDON, TUTSDAY, MAY 8, 1838. letter this morning from Lady C. Whitmore, (Lady of the Hon. Mcm. her for Bridgnoith), Informing him of the alarming illness of three of her childferi c Of *bort! IWO here hi It dangerous state. Lord EBRINGTON Wed ehetied fife Mr. Vihfiroore be excused from further attendance on the Bedford Election Comnlitteiii ifliVh wits agreed td. BbistitittOu hOrr IILitSGOW RAILWAY. Mr, P THOMSON' moved Ina . t he Ad:l"M° e ()11 the Edin burgh and Glasgow Railway Bill should be resumed. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then moved the adoption of a clausi, that in the present Bill, the Standing Orders requiring the payment of certain instalments should be dispensed with. Lord 0, SOMERSET moved an amendment which (as we understood) was agreed to. The ATTORNEt , GENER AL then MOVed the Addition of another • clause, of whidi wt ccitild not collect the purport: Sir J. GRAHAM objected td the irtireduCticirl of new elauses in the debate upon the third reading of the Bill. The ATTOIINEY.GENERAL defended the clause!. Sir J. GRAHAM contended that the introduction of such clauses d 4 were proposed was a novelty on the third reading of a Bill. The SPEAKER deprecated the introduction of the Clauses. Lord G. SOMERSET wished to know whether the clattseS ttere in tended to give compensation to the trustees ? The ATTORNEY.GENER AL said that the clauses were intended to give compensation; but it was to be recolleCted that they had been adopted by the Committee. Sir J. GRAHAM.thought that the third reading of the Bill should be postponed, in order to afford an opportunity to the parties to con sider the clauses. Mr. WALLACE thought the clauses ought to be adopted. Sir E. SUGDEN thought an opportunity ought to be given to con. sider the clauses. Mr. P. THOMSON did not like to see that House act such a prece dent, and would suggest that his lion. and Learned Friend should withdraw his clauses, and let them be introduced in the House of Lords. Sir G. CLERK supported the clauses. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that if the Right Hon. Gentleman (the Attorney-General) pi - essed the consideration of the additional clauses, he (Sir J. Graham) would move the adjournment of the debate to Thurs. day next. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he would rather withdraw the clauses, than consent to the postponement of the Bill. After a few words from Mr. Poulett Thomson, Lord Stormont, Sir George Clerk,and the Attorney-General, the House then divided, when there appeared-- For the adjournment of the debate Against it Majority against the adjournment -73 The ATTORNEY.GENERAL then moved the second reading of the Clauses. Mr. WYNN objected. After a short discussion the clauses 'sere agreed to, and ordered to be added to the Bill by way of rider.—The Bill then passed. Mr. WALLACE gave notice that to-morrow he would move for several returns relating to the Post.office, amongst which was a return of the number of letters containing money, notes, &c., put into the Post-office at Glasgow since the Ist Jan., 1838. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY 7. Earl SHAFTESBURY took his seat on the Woolsack as Deputy Speak er at Five o'clock. The Earl of STRADBROKE presented a petition from Stockport, praying for Post-office Reform. Earl GREY presented a petition from Tynemouth, praying for the immediate abolition of the system of Negro-apprenticeship. He could not concur in the prayer of the petition, though he agreed in the re probation of slavery. The Noble Earl presented several petitions from congregations to the same effect. The Bishop of DURHAM presented a petition, signed by 24, 0 0 0 inhabitants of Manchester, praying for the establishment of a system of National Education. Earl WICKLOW presented a petition from Ballyshannon, against the Irish Poor-law Bill, and praying that relief might be confined to the impotent and blind. He understood that Mr. Nichols had made a report, which was of much importance, and he wished to know if it would be laid before their Lordships. Earl FITZ WILLI AM wanted to know what were the grounds upon which Mr. Nichols had come to big conclusions. Vicount MELBOURNE said he did not believe that Mr. Nichols had visited Ireland at the request of the Secretary for the Home Department; nor was he aware that he had made any report. If he had, he would have no objection to lay it on the table. The Marquis of DO WNSHIRE presented petitions from the Grand Jury and the Sheriff of the .County Down against the Irish Poor-law Bill. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY supported the prayer of the petition. The Marquis of SLIGO prewentcd numerous petitions praying for the immediate abolition of the system of Negro apprenticeship. The Bishop of DERRY presented a petition from the diocese of Raphoe against the system of National Education in Ireland. The Earl of WICKLOW supported the petition. The Bishop of EXETER gave notice that on the 25th instant he would call the attention of the House to the Report of the Committee, which sat upon the system during last session. Lord DENMAN presented a petition from the Friends of North Shields and other places, praying for the immediate abolition of Negro apprenticeship in the West Indies. The Marquis of CLA 'NRICARDE presented petitions to the same effect from Youghall, and places in Yorkshire, Lancaster, and Northum. berland ; also from Dunbar, praying for Postage Reform. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY had seen it stated in the public newspapers, that the Queen's name had been used against the appointment of a celebrated individual as ambassador from France to this country upon an interesting occasion, which would soon come on. He had seen it stated that the Queen had requested that some other person should be appointed, and that the for mer appointment had been cancelled, and another appointment made. He trusted that the Noble Lord at the head of the Government would be enabled to deny the accusation, and prove that the Government had not interfered in the matter. Viscount MELBOURNE w•as certainly in a situation to give such an answer as was anticipated by the Noble Marquis.— (Hear, hear.) The Government had taken no share whatever either in the appointment, or the cancelling of any appointment, made by the French Government. YEOMANRY. The Earl of WINCHILSEA moved for copies of letters addressed by the Home Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of the county of Hertford, with regard to the reduction of Yeomanry in that county. One of the objects he had in view in moving for these returns was to see whether the motive (as had been pretended) in making this reduction was economy. He could not believe that was the motive, because they were not supported at the public expense. He con fessed that ♦ery great party feeling was characterised in this act of the Government. He moved for copies of the correspondence, be cause he hoped to find some intelligible principle by which the Home- Secretary was guided in first proposing a reduction, and afterwards withdrawing the Yeomanry of that county. Lord MELBOURNE said there could be no objection whatever to the copies that had been moved for. The facts stated by the Noble Earl with respect to the county of Hertford were undoubtedly true; in the first instance the Goi , ernment had directed the separate corps to be reduced ; and he had subsequently thought proper to retain it upon grounds which, if he were to state them, might drawn upon him, as it had upon his Noble Friend, the censure of Noble Lards for insulting gentlemen who might command the troops in question. One ground of the determination of the Government in this particular case proceeded upon representations as to the state of that part of the county in which that single troop was situated, and accordingly they had thought proper to effect the reduction in the other troops of the county. l=ie did not expect that the Noble Lord would have entered upon a conside ration of the dislocation of all the yeomanry corps throughout the country, and he was consequently not prepared to meet him. But the Noble Earl had not gone at all into the case of a county with which he was intimately connected—the county of Northampton ; and there, at least, he supposed the reduction had not fallen on troops commanded by officers of his political opinions. It had been remarked that what his Noble Friend had said in the House of Commons was extremely offen sive and insulting; but if the opinion of the Noble Secretary of State, that this force was not in all cases suitable to the suppression of civil discord, was to be considered in that light, how could there be any free discussion, or how could any one venture to express an opinion on any subject ?—(Hear, hear.) The sensibility of those persons was perfectly absurd. The Earl of MALMESBURY complained of the incautious manner in which this step had been taken. It came upon the county with which he was connected like a clap of thunder—the very first notice was that the yeomanry was disbanded.—(Hear.) The Government should, in the first instance, have applied to the Lord Lieutenants for their opinion ; at least, as to the forces which ought to be reduced. The large district extending from Dorchester to Portsmouth was left with. out any protection ; and that at a time when the Dorchester labourers were being paraded about, fortunately in town without effect; but pro. bably in their own neighbourhood the result might be different. Lord PORTMAN could relieve his Noble Friend from any anxiety as to the Dorchester labourers. They had been already paraded about that part of the country without effect ; and that circumstance was owing, perhaps, to they better known there than in other parts of the country.—(Hear, and a laugh.) He concurred in the opinion of the extreme impropriety of the mode adopted in reducing the yeomanry cavalry. The step had not been taken in a courteous manner, and had been adopted without sufficient inquiry. Upon one point, however, he must correct the Noble Earl opposite, who had stated that in Somerset. shire the reduction had taken place on account of politics. Now he knew that one of the most active and zealous supporters of Govern_ went, the representative of the West Riding of that county, had himself and his troop been put down. Lord SONDES said that as his conduct had been adverted to, in consequence of a letter which he had written on this subject, he begged to assure the Noble Viscount and the Government that it was not his intention in writing that letter to attempt in any way to insult them. Lord WHARNCLIFFE would say to the Government that they did not know the use or advantage of the yeomanry corps. He had known instances in which, if there had been only the regular troops, riots, es. pecially in manufacturing towns, would have proceeded to a very alarming extent. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE rose for the purpose of expressing his decided belief that the terms put into the mouth of his Noble Friend were not, and could not be, the terms which he had employed; for these terms neither expressed his opinions nor those of his colleagues, for his Noble Friend was made to say this—" that it was inexpedient for a Government professing economy to keep up a force which they did not think it expedient to employ." It was not unlikely that his Noble Friend might point out particular instances of service in which he might not think this force appropriate; and although he was fully prepared to bear testimony to the general utility of the force in the county of which he was Lord Lieutenant still he could subscribe to that opinion. The Earl of HA REWOOD made a few observations, but they were inaudible in the gallery. The Duke of CLEVELAND considered the militia the most consti tutional force. The Duke of WELLINGTON was one of those who was disposed to put down disturbance with the least possible loss of life, and his opinion was that for that purpose it would be better not to employ infantry. The best course of all would be to prevent disturbance, but if troops were to be called in he would recommend cavalry in preference to infantry. Mier a few words from the Earl of ABINGDON, The Earl of WINCHILSEA replied, and the motion was then agreed to.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Mar 7. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. HULL ELECTION. Sir GEORGE STRICKLAND brought up the report o fthe 11011 Election Committee, whieh was that W. Wilberforce, Esq., had not been duly elected—that William Hutt, Esq. , was duly elected, and ought to have been returned—that Sir W. C. James, Bart., was duly elected—and that neither the petition nor the opposition thereto was frivolous or vexatious. The report further stated that the Com mittee had amended the poll by striking off the names of some persons who ought not to have voted, and by adding the names of others who ought to have voted. LEICESTER GAS BILL, Mr. HALFORD presented a petition from certain inhabitants of Leicester against the Leicester Gas Bill. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the 'third reading of the Glasgow and Edinburgh Railway Bill, which was (as we understood) agreed to ; but that the Bill do pass was not at this time put. FISHGUARD HARBOUR BILL. Mr. P. THOMSON brought up the report of the Committee on the Fishguard Harbour Bill. Sir JOHN OVEN opposed the reception of the report. The object of the Bill was to undo what had been done during the course of the last Session. In his opinion, if the Bill were allowed to pass, the greatest in justice would be done, and moved the insertion of a clause granting their expenses to the promoters of the former Bills. Mr. P. THOMSON defended the Bill. The gallery was then cleared for a division. The clause was rejected, the numbers being : For the clause 34 Against it B3 Majority BEDFORD ELECTION COMMITTEE. Lord EBRINGTON appeared at the bar with the report of the Bedford Election Committee, which stated that in consequence of the absence this day of one of the Members, Mr. Whit more, Member for Bridgnorth, the Committee had adjourned till to_r— %,""''' 1 He (Lord Ebrington) as Chairman of the " - ;s morning from Mr. Whitmore, • "nication from his lady, that 4 illness ; wherefore, it the Committee. As evidence of the and on oath, 'nr for SLAVERY. Sir EA RDLEY WILMOT gave notice that on to-morrow he should move that his motion standing for that day, on the subject of slavery, should be discharged, and that he would bring the subject forward on the 225 May inst. POLICE. Sir ROBERT PEEL mid, in the Bill about to be brought forward with regard to the Metropolitan Police, there was to be proposed some important alteration as to the trial of offences of not very serious offences. Now he wished to suggest, whether it would not be beneficial tc. collect from those voluntary societies which had taken an interest in the treatment of juvenile offenders, the result of their ex perience. Would the Noble Lord (Russell) have any objection to write to those societies for that information which might then be communicated to the House ? Lord J. RUSSELL replied that ho would have no objection to take that course. BENEFICES PLURALITIES BILL. The House then reeolved itself into Committee on this Bill, com mencing with Clause 21. Mr. COURTENAY opposed clause 22. If the clause were sufTered to remain as it at present stood, it would operate with great injustice to many individuals. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL could not agree to the proposal. Sir E. SUGDEN was favourable to the principle of the amendment, but he thought it might be better to postpone the consideration of it. Lord JOHN RUSSELL considered it would be desirable to post pone the clause. Mr. HUME asked whether it was expedient to allow clergymen to keep boarding houses, an oecupation which involved a more constant estrangement from the religious duties of a clergyman than any other. After a few observations flout Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Hume,and Colonel Sibthorp, the clause was postponed. Clause 23 was agreed to after a few observations from Mr. Hume and Colonel SIBTIIORPH. Clauses 24, 25, and 26, were also agreed to. On clause 27 being put, which provides for certain exemptions from residence, Sir It. INGLIS called the attention of the House to a petition from the Dean and Sub-Dean of Christ Church College, Oxford, and moved their exemption horn the operation of the Bill. Lord J. RUSSELL refused to make any exemption of this sort. The House divided, when there appeared : For the amendment Against it Majority 93 The Marquis of CHANDOS then moved the exemption from resi. dence of the masters of certain large public schools, but the names of which we did not accurately hear, as the Noble Lord only spoke in a low tone across the table. The amendment was supported by Mr. Praed, Mr. Estcourt, Mr. Gaily Knight, and Mr. Goulburn, and opposed by Lord John Russell, Mr. Slaney, and other Hon. Members. The gallery was then cleared and the House divided, when the num bers were— For the amendment Against it Majority Lord J. RUSSELL proposed the insertion of a proviso in the clause extending the exemption with respect to residence to the masters of the East India College. Mr. HUME feared that this would apply to the masters of all the pub lic schools. _ _ Lord „I:RUSSELL denied that the proviso would extend beyond the masters of the particular school mentioned in it. The motion was then agreed to. Mr. HAVES said that as they had agreed that the blank should be filled up with the word " one" he thought there should be some limita tion with respect to the amount of the benefice to be held in addition to the mastership; he would therefore move that the value of suck a bene fice should not exceed 5001. The Committee divided, and the numbers were— For the motion Against it Majority Mr. LIDDELL (we believe) proposed that the population of the parish held under huch circumstances should not exceed 3,000. After some conversstion the amendment was withdrawn, Lord John Russell observing that he would consider the subject of the amendment at a future stage. Mr. HUME said that as the clause, as it stood, would allow the masters of Eton, Winchester, and Westminster schools, and the Warden of the College of Durham, to hold any benefice, even though of the annual value of 4,0001. or 5,0001., he felt it be his duty to move the exclusion of the clause altogether. Mr. GOULBURN moved an amendment, to the effect that the ex emption in favour of nonresidence contained in the clause should be extended to proctors, librarians, public orators, and registers. After a short conversation, Lord J. RUSSELL said that he had no objection to extend the exemp_ tion to the office of proctor. The word proctor was accordingly agreed to be inserted. Mr. GOULBURN then proposed the insertion of the words, "public orator." After a few words from Mr. Es'mour' and Mr. GORDON, The SOLICITOR-GENERAL objected to the amendment. If they wanted to extend the exemption to the public orator this office ought to have been included in the 27th clause. It was necessary, moreover, that the public orator should attend constantly during Term, though only during a short time each day. Mr. GOULBURN said, in reply, that they had not included the office in clause 27, because they were anxious to reduce the number in cluded in the general exemption. The Committee divided— For the amendment 3O Against it.. 'Afajority —22 Mr. HUME wished to ask whether there was to be any limitation to the number of Chaplains to the Queen or the Royal Family ? He had heard that at one time, during the reign of George IV. there were no less than 52 chaplains. Lord J. RUSSELL, said that the exemption extended only to persons whilst in the discharge of their duties. It was impossible that there could be fifty-two engaged in the discharge of duties at the same time, and the exemptions would only extend to those engaged. On the question that the clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill, Mr HUME moved the addition of a proviso, to the effect that every incumbent exempted from residence by virtue of his office should give a notice of his absence in writing to the churchwardens of the parish, who should cause the same to be posted in a conspicuous position on the church walls, for the information of the parishioners. Lord J. RUSSELL objected to the proposition, which was quite un necessary, as the schedule in the Bill contained a number of questions which would show the cause of absence in the cases stated. Mr. HUME said he thought the parishioners had a right to this in formation. By a late return it appeared that there were 1,016 clergy. men absent from their several parishes without license. The Committee divided. For the clause For the amendment ' Majority for the clause On Clause 29, - Sir 11. INGLIS moved as an amendment that the word " five" be be substituted for " six" in this Clause. Lord J. RUSSELL objected i to this amendment. Mr. EAST saw no reason why persons holding prebends should be placed In a worse position, than other Clergymen. After a few words from an HON. MEMBER, whose name we could not learn, the gallery was cleared for a division. The House then divided— For the amendment Against it Majority 42 The Clause as amended was then agreed to. Clauses 30, 31, and 32 were agreed to. On Clause 33, Mr. FRESHFIELD moved as an amendment that power should be given to Bishops to permit nonresidence in case of illness either of the Clergyman, his wife, or child. Sir 8.. INGLIS sincerely approved of this amendment. Lord J. RUSSELL felt extremely sorry that he must oppose the amendment. The words proposed as an amendment by the Hon. Member were in the former Act, and it was their bad effects that now influenced his opposition.—(" Hear, hear," from Mr. Hume.) He felt sure that while illness or incapacity could be proved there would be no difficulty in getting permission from the Bishop. But as there were some Clergy. men with whose wives neither Devonshire nor Northumberland, the fens of Lincolnshire, nor the mountains of North Wales, would agree, if their illness was made an excuse fur non-residence, he would oppose the motion. Colonel SIBTHORP said that he heard the remarks of the Noble Lord with great regiet ; he was shocked to find the Noble Lord pos sessed of no more feeling for Clergymen. His Lordship was a child of the Church himself, and ought to have more feeling for the Clergy.—(A laugh.) The amendment was not pressed, and the clause was agreed to, as were also Clauses up to Clause 41 inclusive. On Clause 42 being proposed, requiring Clergymen to answer certain questions put by the Bishop, Sir R. H. INGLIS objected to the words " together with such other questions as may from time to time be settled and directed by her Majesty in Council," as being of too inquisitorial a nature. Mr. GOULBURN was also opposed to the words, as they gave power to Government to put any questions which they may think fit. Mr. HAWES did not like so extended a power, and hoped the Noble T ord would agree to the omission. ' T RUSSELL did not see why the words should occasion such would not hesitate to omit them. 'lll6 words were then struck out: Mr. HUME said there was no penalty attached to the refusal.bf an answer, and proposed that the stim of 101. should be the penalty. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL objected to the inapesitioit of a penalty, as the answers w nild, in some cases, implicate the parties, Sueh a pro keVding WOttid have too much of a Star Chamber character. After f. few ireffls !Oho Lord Ea RINGTON and Sir H. VE RNEY in favouf of the amendment, Mr. GOULBURN said the refusal to angWei : i;'601(1 it to)ce lead to a full and strict inquiry on the part of the Bishop, but it was not rlght to compel a pei.7,9n to answer a question which might, perhaps, criminate himself. The Committee then divided, when there afißtifed-- For the amendment Against it Majority against the amendment --77 The Clause was then agreed to. Clatises down to 46, with some verbal amendments, were then agreed to. The Chairman reported progress and the House resumed, SHERIFFS' COURT (SCOTLAND) BILL. The Hotise Went into Committee on this Bill and several Clauses were agreed to. Tile Bill Was then ordered to be reported, COURT OP SESSION (SCOTLAND). On the motion of the LORD-ADVOCATE the report of the Court of Session (Fieotland) Bill was further considered. Several verbal amendmmts were made, and variou6 clauses of the Bill were altered. The Bill then passed through Committee, the Chairman reported pro. gresi, and the House resumed. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of,and the House ad journed at Half-past Twelee. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. ( Profit the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, SATUROAf.-- , The Maitland transport arrived on Wednesday, from Jamaica, Which island she left on the 10th of Marelii she brings home the head quarters division of the 84th Regiment, feterstig , to this country under the com mand of Lieut.-Colonel Nicholls. as well as a few invalids from the f_ , th and 56th Regiments, rich some prisoners for transportation, the following men-of-war titre lying at Port Royal, when the Maitland (witted :—Cornwallis, 74 (which arrived there on the 6th of that month from Bermuda, which she left on the 23d of February), Seringspetarn, Rainbow, Crocodile, Satellite (the latter having arrived on the previous day, 21 days from iialifax i ond 10 from Bermuda), Wanderer, Comus, Dolphin, Magnificent, and Albion steamer, with the French frigate Iphiginie, and a French brig ; the latter was to remain with an officer to watch the progress of the slave emancipation in that island. The Nimrod w ;Alt also at anchor in the offing, waiting for a sea breeze to carry her in. The Pearl and Champion were daily expected there. The Ring dove sailed from Jamaica on the 9th March to cruise off Porto Rico; and the Sappho the same day on a cruise. The Flamer proceeded on the sth of March with the mail for St. Thomas's, and a French brig on the 10th, for Port-au-Prince. The Rainbow was to sail in a few days for England, touching at Bermuda ; the Comus in a day or two for Chagres, and the Cornwallis was to return to Bermuda In about ten days. A Court-martial had been held, and concluded on the 9th of March, on Mr. Baird, Surgeon to the Wanderer, on the fol lowing charges :-1. For disrespectful correspondence with Commanderßushby, of that ship. 2. For absenting himself without leave. 3. For neglect of duty. 4. For neglect of duty in not reporting himself, and disrespect to the First Lieutenant. And 5. For insinuations against the character of the Master. The first charge having been proved he was admonished ; on the second, third, and fifth charges he was acquitted; on the first part of the fourth charge he was ad monished, and acquitted on the second part. The Madagascar, 45, Captain Wallis, sailed yesterday for Gibraltar, to embark the remainder of the 73d Regiment, and convey them to Quebec. Her further proceedings will depend on the exigencies of the service on that station. One hundred men of the 24th Regiment embarked this morning on board the Andromache, Captain Baynes, on pas sage to Quebec. She will sail to-morrow, touching at Ply mouth. One hundred more of the Regiment will follow in the Medea steamer, daily expected here. A large detachment of the 73d Regiment is waiting at Cork for the means of conveyance to Canada ; the 10th Regiment of Foot has also marched into that garrison for Canada service, if needful. The Arab transport embarked the first division of the 7th Hussars on Wednesday last, at Cork, for Canada. The Lily, 16, Commander Reeve, sailed on Wednesday, with Mr. Gore Ouseley, Secretary of Legation to the Court of Brasil ; she will then proceed to the Cape of Good Hope, and be employed on the African station. The Bellerophon, 84, Captain Austen, is fitting with all p issible haste, and will proceed in drew days direct to Malta. The Griffon, brig of war, Lieut. D'Urban, arrived at New York from Dominica on the dth of April, with despatches for our Minister at Washington. The Waterwitch has lately captured on the coast of Africa a Portuguese brig with 356, and a schooner with 272, slaves on board. This brig has been remarkably healthy. The Castor, 36, Captain Collier, and Harlequin, Comman der Erskine, were at Barcelona, on the 14th of April. The Clio, 18 guns, from Tarragona, the Hotspur, transport, from Falmouth, and the Blazer, steam-packet, from Alexandria, arrived at Malta on the 2d of April. The Russell, 74, Captain Sir W. Dillon, arrived at Ply mouth on Wednesday, from Malta. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.—Acting Lieutenant L. Hawker, of the Pearl, promoted on the death of the Lieut. commanding the Carron steam-vessel ; Lieut. Craig (from the Cornwallis) to command the Carron ; Lieutenant Hawker, from the Carroll to the Serpent; Lieut. Wake, from the Ser pent to the Cornwallis ; Lieut. Ellman, from the Cornwallis to command the Harpy • Lieut. Georges, from the Harpy to the Cornwallis; but will exchange with Lieut. Baskerville, of the Rainbow, who is to remain as supernumerary Lieut. of the Cornwallis; Lieut. Mellersh, from supernumerary list, to the Cornwallis, vice Georges; Mr. Mallard, Second Master of the Cornwallis, to be Acting Master of the Crocadile ; Mr. Davis, lately promoted from Master's Assistant of the Corn wallis to be Second Master of the Harpy, to be Second Master of the Cornwallis, vice Mallard; Mr. Fox, late from the Crocodile, to be Second Master of the Harpy, vice Davis ; Mr. Hooper, Clerk of the Cornwallis, passed his examination for Purser on the 9th of March ; Mr. R. Taylor, Coxswain to Admiral Hon. Sir C. Paget, is promoted into death vacancy of Mr. Lamb, Boatswain of the Magnificent ; Mr. William Crofton, additional Assistant Surgeon, to the Royal Adelaide ; Mr. John Read, Assistant- Surgeon, to the Weazle ; Lieutenant the Hon. Mark Ker, to the Wellesley to take passage in the Cruiser; Lieutenant Edward Pierce, to to the Madagascar ; Rev. Philip Somerville, Chaplain, and Mr. R. Creyke, College Mate, to the Bellerophon ; Mr. Clarke, Mate, to the Excellent ; Mr. C. W. Middlemist, Master to the Bellerophon, vice Sabben ; Mr. Thomas Tickle, Mate, to the Andromache ; Mr. Chas. Riley, Supernumerary Boatswain of the Victory, to be Boatswain of the Madagascar. PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY.—The Portland, 52, Captain D. Price, arrived on Friday from Portsmouth, and has come into harbour to be paid off. The Russell, Captain Sir W. H. Dillon, arrived from Malta on Monday. The Hercules, 74, Captain J. T. Nicholas, with a draft from the 43d depot, waits for a fair wind to proceed to Cork. The Jupiter troopship, Mr. Easto, Master, arrived on Wednesday, with invalid, from Barbadoes. (From the Devonport Independent.) PLYMOUTH, MAT s.—The Hercules, 75, Captain J. Toup Nicholas, C. B. is expected to sail this day for Quebec. She will not proceed to Cork, her order to that effect having been countermanded. A detachment of 550 men, from the Ist Royals, 32d and 43d Regiments, embarked on board the Her cules yesterday, ueder the command of Colonel Airey, for service in Canada. A detachment of the 32d Regiment, under the command of Captain Brooks, embarked on Wednesday on board the Her cules, 74, Captain Toup Nicolas, for Canada. The Russell, 74, Captain Sir William Dillon, arrived on Monday from Malta. She is in the Sound completing provisions. The Portland, 52, Captain David Price, came into harbour on Tuesday, and will be paid off on Saturday, the 12th instant. The Prince Regent, transport, sailed yesterday ( Friday) for Cork, to take on board the 2d Dragoon Guards and the 7th Hussars, for Quebec. The Brigantine Buzzard, is to be paid off Thursday next. The Jupiter, 38, troop-ship, Mr. Easto, master, arrived on Wednesday from the West Indies, with invalids. She left Bar badoes on 25th March, when all was quiet. The brig Weazle, 10, Lieutenant M'llwain, was commis sioned on Saturday last. She will embark her marines this day (Saturday. ) The Rochester lighter arrived on Tuesday from Chatham, with stores. The Hamonze, lighter, arrived on Wednesday from Fal mouth, with stores. Her Majesty's ship Rainbow, 213, Capt. Bennett, is daily expected at this port from Jamaica, to be paid off, having been in commission upwards of four years. Report gives the command of the Vernon, 60, to Lord John Churchill ; and - of the Herald, 28, to Lord George Paulett. The Pylades, 16, was at St. Helena on the 20th Feb ruary ; and the Cockatrice left Buenos Ayres for Rio Janeiro on the 19th January. Her Majesty's packet Lyra, Lieut. Ladd, having had her defects made good, was taken out of dock on Monday and warped alongside the Sheer-Hulk the same day to have her masts put on board. Her Majesty ' s ship Malabar, having on board the head quarter division of the Service Companies of th e 71 st Li g h t Infantry, under the command o f Li eut.-Colonel the Hon. C. Grey, consisting of 20 officers, 24 sergeants, 10 drummers, and 466 rank and file, sailed from Cove on the 20th inst. for Quebec. The second division, consisting of 4 officers, 4 ser geants, and 104 rank and file, will embark in the Barossa transport, daily expected at Core. We have received letters from her Majesty's ship Vanguard, 80, Captain Sir Thomas Fellowea, dated Malta, April sth. No particular news—all well on board. Rev. P. Somerville, M. A., is appointed Chaplain of the Bellerophon at Portsmouth. Mr. Robert Cormack passed for Master's Assistant on board 11. m. S. Royal Adelaide on Thursday last—he is the first passed at this port. Mr. John G. Lean, Clerk of her Majesty's ship Hercules, passed his examination for Purser on the 2d inst. The Victor, 16, was at Kedgeree on the 15th of February last, and was to sail on the 20th for Trincomalee. Her Majesty's ship Carysfort, 28, Captain Martin, arrived at Malta, on the 3d of Ap r il, f rom C ons t an tinople, via Smyrna. Carysfort and Clio, 18, were at M a l ta on the 4th of April. The Tribune frigate went out of dock on Thursday, and the Columbine sloop was taken i n t o be fitted for sea service. The Andromache was paid advance at Sheerness on Thurs day, and sailed for Portsmouth on Friday. The Howe, 120, was paid six months' wage on Monday last. - - On Tuesday morning, ice half an inch thick, formed during the preceding night, was observed on standing waters at Easing. tom—Sunderland Herald. MRS. JEFFRAY, THE MURDERESS• This wretched woman, who was on Monday last convicten at our circuit Court of two separate acts of deliberate murder, calls herself 33, but appears to be nearly 40 years of age. She is a native of the north of England, but on her father, who svei tin innkeeper, failing in business, she was removed to a small town en the Scottish border. This occurred when she was about eight years of age. As she grew to womanhcod h e r suir , crior personal attractions struck the eye of a Noble 14',ari, and it is said that for some years she lived under his protection. Af Wliat time she married we have not been able to ascertain, but her htigiiand is universally spoken of as a w ell doing and most respectable tnatt, Per motive for murd er ing the old woman Carl can scarcely be guessed at. The Crown counsel hinted, that having the other murder in her eye, she might wish to make a safe experiment et the effects ofr arsenic on a frail old creature, whose death would cause neitker surprise ror inquiry. Be this as it may, however, the m otive f, the murder of Munro is too painfully aPparent. Munro had .lodge e e in her hands 61. or 71., which - he was about to require, 45 had was going home to the Isle of Skye. This money she :t r ent. Her pride, for she appears to have been a woman of air ambitioto spirit, could not brook the idea of having the debt exposed to the world, and she made use of the poison to ge t rid of her creditor, She manifested much firmness and preha sence of mind during her long trial, frequently calling counsel towards her, and pointing out to him a particular line of cross-examination to follow. When, however, the public prosecutor began, in his address to the jury, to bring the evi dence home to her, she fairly gave way and fell into a swoon. She shortly recovered, and during the masterly appeal of M r. Cra , ,N ford, counsel for the defence, her eyes were often tu rned with an anxious expression to the gentlemen of the jury. Sb° d became afterwards visibly weaker and more abstracted , An left the bar seeming scarcely aware of what she was doi n g' Her behaviour since is said to have been becoming. She is in , deep distress of mind, but she still denies all knowledge e' the manner in which the arsenic was put into the old wom ans drink or Munro's porridge. She says some of it might hoc been put by accident into the dish into which the porridge wag afterwards poured. In closing this short notice of a woman whose crimes bring to our recollection those of Burke an d Hare, and have caused a thrill of horror to go through the community, we cannot refrain from making one remark en the verdict of the jury. Had the charge been found not proven we could have had nothing to say. The evidence was entireli. circumstantial, and, though well connected, might be cent dcrcd deficient by many. But to declare the prisoner glin t) of two separate acts of cold-blooded murder, perpetrated ur n individuals who never harmed her, and towards whom she e l : pressed kindness, and then to recommend her to mercy Ir a ' certainly, to say the least of it, a most extraordinary course.' Glasgow Chronicle. GARDENING OPERATIONS FO THE WEEK. (From the Gaidencrs' Gazette.) Auriculas now in full bloom (although a fortnight after their ordinary season), may be placed on the stage; and , they have become drawn at all and weak upon the stems, WI. may be tied to very slight sticks, as much out of sight as poss e ble. As fast as they decline in beauty, place them in t open air, in a sheltered situation, to receive all the weathe r ' Tours.—The top cloths may be now put up • and, as tt.e weather has now changed for the better, let the beds have a l e the air that can be possibly given. The stems will other nls be drawn, for this weather they will grow so rapidly, and Par ticularly in a warm night, that they will hardly su pp o rt them selves, if in the least confined. RANUNCULUSIM—Keep clear from weeds ; water freely b e, tween the rows. KIrcHEN GARDEN GENERALLY.—Not an hour to be ,ost , id all the operations previously directed. Earthing up Peas In e t Beans, planting out Lettuce, sowing Turnips, Beet, Wurzel; planting and sowing Beans and Peas, sowing , T)P" nach, &c. ASPARAGUS should be looked over daily, and cut as fast it is ready. The beds of seedlings should be weeded ar' thinned, when they arc too thick. POTATOES. —Finish planting without delay, for general croprs: STOVE AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS, as they have done flow ing, must be examined, to see if their roots fill the pot, an if so, they must be shifted into larger pots. Ms° Look over the former directions, and do all that re u C° P POPULAR MOVEMENTS.—WhiIe various su b j - are occupying the public mind there is one, of a very momentous ratter, which appears to have been overlooked by our contemPert o j o r amid their anticipations of delight at the splendid coronation 0' youthful Queen. We allude to the preparations making by the ? o Ot her cal Unions of Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, and large towns, for congregating their forces and sending a numerous tation with a strong memorial or remonstrance to the Prime M ' ° insisting upon the necessity of Universal Suffrage, Annual Parli atuen _ and Vote by Ballot, as the just claims of the people ; and it is understeg`li that if this step fail, (an who can dout that it will arngem ent : not already made for another and more formidable movements We hay room for comment.—Warivick Advertiser. Cr EATANSWILL WRITING,—A Cumberland „n thus designates a contemporary :—A "wretched scavenger," a 4 ?, 1 0f, caitiff," a "bully," a "hired retained," a "shallow-pated," sufficient," "degraded tool," a "lick-spittle," an "adept at lii n e; i t and a " hardy impostor," "Lord Lonsdale's lacqucy," a " nriale v°le sneerer and rabid raver," a " dealer in scandalous assaults," "On e : t o the dirtiest bravoes that ever disgraced the press," and a " fit assocl', for the sku king creatures who hound them on." Its remarks are ca lk ' a "stream of bile and 13illinsgate," poured out to "gratify the avow malice of faction," and composed entirely of " insulting reproaches a n studied blackguardism!!!" Those who remember the Eatanswill ee lj ; troversy In the Pickwick Papers, will instantly perceive the Erics plagiarism of which the Cumberland editor has here been guilty. HORSE STEALING.—A poverty-struck l o okirb man, attired in a groom's stable dress, who gave his name John Je l l. and represented that he had last lived in the service of an innkeeper Lichfield, was brought before the Magistrates of Chester on Wed n lo day last. Mr. Hill stated that the previous night he was relieved at police-office, and soon after he called again, and said that he had ate, a horse fifteen years ago, and had not been easy in his mind since. aiO4 Hill warned him that he was confessing to a transportable offeneef v os at his own request took his confession, to the purport, that fifteen ) 00 ago he had lived in the service of the late Dean of St. Asaph as a go went for about seven years, and was discharged, After his discharge h e w o f to the stable at night, and took away a valuable horse, the proP el .r,oo Dr. Warren, of London, who, we believe, was son.in-law te v co , Shipley, which he disposed of at Manchester. He was taken int ° no tody at Salford, and kept fifteen days, and then discharged, be ca n, e ina case could be made out against him. Th e a ff a i r h a d l a i n uPen he ever since; and he would rathe r b e t rans p or t e d th an l e ad the o c ool had done. Mr. Morris asked him many questions about the " e (sr family and connections, and from the answers it was evident tha t re• as having lived with the family his statement was correct. He ` f.-- manded, in order th a t th e part i es mig h t b e communicated with. Liverpool Chronicle. ili Monday, at about eight o'clock, as a n e at tt c employment of M r . Th omas C o lli er, was p l oug hi ng i n a fi e,,, lite the church of Milton, next Gravesend, the two fore horses brul" t hel n old covered chalk pit, about fourtem feet de43, into which no d both slipped out of their harne s s. O n ge tti ng th em u p, it was ~°OlO that one of them had been killed, a nd th e o th er so severe ly injuredd. it wOuras not expected to live. city was on Wednesday evening visited Nl tt Th e tremendous thunder storm, accompanied with torrents of rain. 00 6 lightning was particularly vivid, she e ti ng th e w h o l e e l eme nt with r y a al presenting one of the grandest spectacles of the kind We e' er to have witnessed.—Bristol Mercury. '0 _ s THE ONE-SHELL PATTERN SILVER SPA- ANORK, The Tr atncss awl elegance of w D hic F h have now a very general p ofef' ence, are charged 7s. 3d. per oz., at T. COX SAVORY'S, CORNHILL, LONDON' (Seven Doors from Gracechurch-street.) The following are the usual Weights:— ti " X n li 6 a 12 Shell Pattern Table Spoons 3O at 7 3 1 ` 6 ','/' 12 Ditto Dessert ditto 2O at 7 3 ' 7 - 1 0 1 12 Ditto Table Forks 3O at 7 3 -- ii 6 ° 12 Ditto Dessert ditto 2O at 7 3 7 0 2 Ditto Gravy Spoons n 1 Ditto Soup Ladle " , 4 Ditto Sauce 3 17 0 1 ' 4 Ditto Salt (gilt and stro ng ) g a 6 4 1 Fish Knife s 1 8 a 12 Tea Spoons - 6 - I Pair Sugar Tongs The Plain Fiddle Pattern, of the same we i g ht s as the ab offered one penny per oz. cheaper. • List Vi l la A Pamphlet may be had Gratis, containing a detailed Drawings of the various Patterns of Silver Spoons and Forks' fre ver Tea and Coffee Services, Plated War., Watches, C 1011099 The Show Rooms contain a large variety of Patterns of ,_ e. Plated Goods, and every article requisite to compl e te a Servic TEAS at WHOLESALE PRICES, in Quantitie° less than One Pound. f 4 t l ' Black, 35., 3s. 6d., 3s. 10d., 45., Small Leaf Gunpowder , 86 ' eef , 4s. 6d , ss. h Cocoa ocol Young Hyson, 4s. 4d., 4s. Bd. C Imperial Gunpowder, ss. 4d. 9 a d te . per lb., lb . , per or per lb., crvoti pet cwt. 88,. flu civ T. G. MANSELL and CO., Wholesale Tea-dealers , lersbury, Cheapside. BIRTHS. On the sth inst., Lady Ly n dh urs t, o f a d aug ht e r. w, 13 1 W On the 3d inst., at Chi s l e h urs t, K en t, th e l a dy of 0. nard, Esq., of a daughter. On the 4th inst., at Dulwich, Mrs. F. Tuke, of a sou. goo lt011? On the 4th inst., at Lisso n - grove , th e l a d y o f J o seph EsqO he S., of a son. • r n e3d inst., at Brighton, th e l a d y o f Thos. Purrie of a son. MARRIED. t 10 4 On the 3d inst., at. Titchfield, Captain James A. Murra/ , ,, te J. son of the late Lord W. M urray, to Julia, daughter of the '" Delme, Esq., of Cams-hall, Fareham, Hants. At Dover, on the 3d inst., Mr. Thomas Nicolle, of B oul j. u* sur-Mer, to Con s t an ti a Etherelde, eldest daughter of the late..., a ile• Cold i, mallel. Esq., of Hi g h gate, an d n i ece of t h e present Cou nt t r r On the sth inst., at St. George's, Hanover-sq uare , Rober l it te ter, Esq., of Borsle-hill, Sussex, to Emma, daughter of the John Dent, Esq., M.P., of Hertford-street, On the Gth inst., in Picead D illy l , E A D lr . . James Ridgway, bookseller aged 84. At Gibraltar, on the 11th ult., aged 12 days, the infant soot 2 :T t a . on the 12th o f th e same mont h, E m ily El eano r, wife of LieuteVioun. Colonel M'Lean, of the 81st Regiment, and daughter of the 1-1 and Rev. Dr. Marsham. the On the 3(1 inst., at Salisbury-place, New-road , Miss Case eldest daughter of the late R. J. Case, Esq. - a Ov a "' On the 4th inst., John Nicoll, Esq., of the llyde, b g road, aged 77. On the 30th ult., Mr. Thomas Valiance, of Globe-road, Ililea end, aged 63. ~. ,of On the 4th inst., Elizabeth, wife of Edmund Taverner , Cross -street, Islington Condon : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG . , o cn i unti , 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the of Middlesex.—Tuesday, May 8, 1838.